Many technology stocks have a reputation for resisting dividend payments. In fact, some new tech companies in this high-growth sector do not earn profits at all. Case in point, investors will likely find both high yields and dividend growth if they invest in AT&T (NYSE: T), International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM).

Many companies have been suspending their dividends during the COVID-19 crisis, and in many cases it is understandable. At the same time, many companies are maintaining or increasing their dividends during this crisis. Here are three stocks that dividend investors should love.

"Following this new agreement TietoEVRY and IBM have no notices of arbitration," it said in the statement. Last year both companies submitted notices of arbitration related to their co-operation. As part of the deal some 180 employees currently employed by IBM will join TietoEVRY's cloud specialists team, and some 25 employees currently employed by TietoEVRY will join IBM.

International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) is gearing up to lay off workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the first such action by CEO Arvind Krishna, who took on the role in April. IBM hasn't said how many employees it's letting go, but a source told The Wall Street Journal the move could eliminate several thousand jobs.

Facebook takes more steps to support and expand a remote workforce, IBM announces layoffs and TechCrunch's big annual conference is going virtual. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg estimated that over the course of the next decade, half of the company could be working fully remotely. As the next step toward that goal, Facebook will be setting up new company hubs in Denver, Dallas and Atlanta.

IBM confirmed reports from overnight that it is conducting layoffs, but wouldn't provide details related to location, departments or number of employees involved. The company framed it in terms of replacing people with more needed skills as it tries to regroup under new CEO Arvind Krishna. Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, says he's hearing the layoffs are hitting across the business.

Companies that have pulled back on dividends to preserve cash include automakers, retailers, real estate investment trusts, energy companies, and a mishmash of others. While dividend investing has become more difficult as companies reel from the pandemic, there are still some solid dividend stocks out there. Two of the best, thanks to a combination of dividend safety and exceptionally high yields, are International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) and AT&T (NYSE: T).

A White House advisory panel on Tuesday urged the government and private industry to work together on new technological infrastructure to support future jobs and underpin a solid economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Members include Apple Inc <AAPL.O> Chief Executive Tim Cook, Lockheed Martin Corp <LMT.N> Chief Executive Marillyn Hewson and International Business Machines Corp <IBM.N> Executive Chairman Ginni Rometty.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) have one big thing in common. Twenty years ago, Cisco briefly had the largest market cap of any company in the world. This happened as Cisco products built the infrastructure of a then-burgeoning internet.